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Need help aligning a ring with flats on the ID


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I need to inspect a small ring that has an unusual shape. Most of the alignment is easy, using the top plane and OD. The unusual part is what should be the ID. It's two pairs of opposing flat spots with an arc segment joining them.

Where I'm struggling is locking in planar rotation. I've got the programming scanning the ID as a continuous curve, then use the OD and the inner curve to do an "Alignment from Several Curves" / "Curve Best Fit" where it can only rotate around the Z axis. Is this the best method?

(Attached drawing has been changed from the actual part, but is close enough to get the point across)
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I would think that two-point lines could be achieved even if it was on the R21?
I suggest line scans then check for parallelism of opposing lines (2 places), if the parallelism fails at some value, check your alignment.
If you have PCM you may be able to use a loop with IF Then logic.
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